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From: andys@shlepper.ATT.COM (andy sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 2 Hard Disks on 3B1?
Message-ID: <168@shlepper.ATT.COM>
Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 21:45:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: shlepper.168
Posted: Tue Oct 13 21:45:53 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 15-Oct-87 22:00:24 EDT
References: <1795@killer.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Middletown, NJ
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Summary: Sorry, no cigar

In article <1795@killer.UUCP>, sean@killer.UUCP (Sean McCollister) writes:
> 
> 	I've seen discussions here about HD's larger than 67 MB, and adding
> more partitions to an existing disk, but.... Is it possible to add a second
> hard drive to a 3B1?  I've noticed that the /dev directory contains entries
> for [r]fp01x; the software support for a second disk seems to be there, but
> does the hardware support it?  I haven't had the courage to open the box up
> and check the controller.  Anyone know?



I've checked.  Sorry, but there is only one set of connectors.  For
ST-506, the command bus is daisy-chained but the data bus is not.
The best conjecture on the entries for the second hard drive is that
the miniframe that Convergent made for development had two disks.
-- 
Andy Sherman / AT&T Bell Laboratories (Medical Diagnostic Systems)
480 Red Hill Road / Middletown NJ 07748 / (201) 615-5708
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